day 18: haven't updated in a while, have been very busy lately. my uncle wanted to get back into online poker, so while on my live poker trip(which I finished about even overall) he offered me a $240 MTT buy-in for $120 pokerstars cash. so even though my bankroll is about where it was, I am up a small amount. beating $50NL for 5PTBB/100, which is still unsatisfactory in my book, but at least I'm beating the game, and I (hopefully) won't be going broke while I try to perfect my game here.

I'm also starting to play some $10 MTTs now, hoping for a big score. I feel my bankroll is at the point now where I can afford to make small investments and hope for big returns.

my new sub-goal is to get to GoldStar status before the end of the month cut-off. I have about 1,000 VIP points to go, and If I can find the time to play, it shouldn't be that hard. hopefully I can hit PlatniumStar before the end of may. I'm still debating what to do with my player points. there are some very easy satelittes that I can get T$ from, which are +EV, but these take up time and there is a lot of variance involved. I'm also considering the cash bonus option, even though you get a lower value for you points for it. I could also take Sunday Million seats for 13.5k, and hope I can run deep and get a big cash. or maybe I'll just say up and buy some cool stuff from the store, we'll see.